Fields before town of Eine in Oudenaarde, East Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium, Europe. In the decisive battle of 11.7.1708 between the British Allies (under John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, and Eugene of Savoy) and the French (led by Louis,...

British artillery lines from the famous battle of 18.6.1815, at Waterloo, Walloon Brabant, Walloon Region, Belgium, Europe, when Wellington and the British defeated Napoleon's French and changed the course of history. The size of the tree is an...

Approach of Marshal Ney's cavalry to the British artillery lines from the famous battle of 18.6. 1815, at Waterloo, Walloon Brabant, Walloon Region, Belgium, Europe, when Wellington and the British defeated Napoleon's French and changed the...

Approach of Marshal Ney's cavalry to the British artillery lines from the famous battle of 18.6. 1815, at Waterloo, Walloon Brabant, Walloon Region, Belgium, Europe, when Wellington and the British defeated Napoleon's French and changed the...

Two women walk a dog where Marshal Ney's cavalry hit the British artillery lines in the famous battle of 18.6.1815, at Waterloo, Walloon Brabant, Walloon Region, Belgium, Europe, when Wellington and the British defeated Napoleon's French and...

Crosses in the American Military Cemetery, Omaha Beach, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, with the beach in the background where Allied forces landed on D-Day, 6 June, 1944, as part of Operation Overlord.

Sunset over Henry House Hill in Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, Virginia, USA, North America. In the 1st and 2nd battles of Manassas (Bull Run) of the American Civil War (July 21, 1861, and August 29, 1862), the commanding heights of this...

Dawn over Henry House Hill in Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, Virginia, USA, North America. In the 1st and 2nd battles of Manassas (Bull Run) of the American Civil War (July 21, 1861, and August 29, 1862), the commanding heights of this...

Manager's house on the Fairfield slave plantation in Guinea Station, Virginia, USA, North America, where Confederate General Stonewall Jackson died on May 10th, 1863, from infection caused by a wound to his arm, after staging with Robert E. Lee one...

Sunset over Appomattox Court House, Virginia, USA, North America. On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee rode down to this porch on the front of the McLean house and surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant's Union...

Dawn over British fortifications known as the Hornwork in Yorktown, Virginia, USA, North America. The battle led to the conclusion of the American Revolution. The trees were all planted by the US Park Service, the originals having been blown to bits by...

Mulberries on the beach in Arromanches-les-Bains, Normandy, France, Europe, where the Allies established a temporary port following the invasion of France on 6.6.1944 in World War II. These ungainly objects allowed the Allies to unload enormous...

Mulberries on the beach in Arromanches-les-Bains, Normandy, France, Europe, where the Allies established a temporary port following the invasion of France on 6.6.1944 in World War II. These ungainly objects allowed the Allies to unload enormous...

Mulberries on the beach in Arromanches-les-Bains, Normandy, France, Europe, where the Allies established a temporary port following the invasion of France on 6.6.1944 in World War II. These ungainly objects allowed the Allies to unload enormous...

Mulberries on the beach in Arromanches-les-Bains, Normandy, France, Europe, where the Allies established a temporary port following the invasion of France on 6.6.1944 in World War II. These ungainly objects allowed the Allies to unload enormous...

Hillside covered with uniform white monuments in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA, North America. The back side of each stone, seen from here, is reserved for the names of spouses and young children buried with the eligible veteran....

Gun emplacement left over from German positions on Juno Beach in Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Europe. At the start of Operation Overlord, on D-Day, June 6, 1944, Juno Beach was the responsibility of Royal Canadian forces.

Gun emplacement left over from German positions on Juno Beach in Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Europe. At the start of Operation Overlord, on D-Day, June 6, 1944, Juno Beach was the responsibility of Royal Canadian forces.

Beach obstacles left over from German positions on Juno Beach in Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Europe. At the start of Operation Overlord, on D-Day, June 6, 1944, Juno Beach was the responsibility of Royal Canadian forces.

Simple cross marks the invasion point on Juno Beach in Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Europe. At the start of Operation Overlord, on D-Day, June 6, 1944, Juno Beach was the responsibility of Royal Canadian forces.

Relic of Fortress of Sedan, Champagne-Ardenne, France, Europe, surrendered by Napoleon III of France on 2.9.1870 after defeat by the Prussian forces under Otto Von Bismarck and Helmut Von Moltke in the Franco-Prussian War.

Relic of Fortress of Sedan, Champagne-Ardenne, France, Europe, surrendered by Napoleon III of France on 2.9.1870 after defeat by the Prussian forces under Otto Von Bismarck and Helmut Von Moltke in the Franco-Prussian War.

Graves of German soldiers killed in fighting around Normandy beaches and the Falaise Pocket at the World War II German Military Cemetery in Saint Desir de Lisieux, Normandy (Normandie), France, Europe.

Graves of German soldiers killed in fighting around Normandy beaches and the Falaise Pocket at the World War II German Military Cemetery in Saint Desir de Lisieux, Normandy (Normandie), France, Europe.

Graves of German soldiers killed in fighting around Normandy beaches and the Falaise Pocket at the World War II German Military Cemetery in Saint Desir de Lisieux, Normandy (Normandie), France, Europe.

Ridge taken at huge cost by Allied forces in the Flers-Courcelette campaign of 15 September, 1916, during the Battle of the Somme in World War I in Courcelette, Somme, Picardie, France, Europe. This battle was notable for seeing the first use of the new...

USS Salem, a venerable cruiser of 1950s vintage and now a floating US Navy museum, sits docked in the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA, North America, with the Fore River drawbridge in the background. At one time, this shipyard set...

View of Oudenaarde, East Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium, Europe, from the heights of Ename across the river. In the decisive battle of 11.7. 1708 between the British Allies (under John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, and Eugene of Savoy) and the...

Battlefield of Crecy-en-Ponthieu, Somme, Picardy, France, Europe, where on 26.8.1346, English forces under Edward III and the Black Prince routed a much larger force of French, led by Philip VI of France.

Battlefield of Crecy-en-Ponthieu, Somme, Picardy, France, Europe, where on 26.8.1346, English forces under Edward III and the Black Prince routed a much larger force of French, led by Philip VI of France.

Battlefield of Crecy-en-Ponthieu, Somme, Picardy, France, Europe, where on 26.8.1346, English forces under Edward III and the Black Prince routed a much larger force of French, led by Philip VI of France.

Battlefield of Crecy-en-Ponthieu, Somme, Picardy, France, Europe, where on 26.8.1346, English forces under Edward III and the Black Prince routed a much larger force of French, led by Philip VI of France.

Fortified storage room in battlements on dock in Dunkirk Harbor in Dunkirque, Pas-de-Calais, France, Europe, where between May 26 and June 4, 1940, British and Allied troops were evacuated to England under heavy bombardment by German forces.